Study Shows Sugary-Drink Ban in Schools Doesn’t Cut Consumption

Some states have banned the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages in school vending machines and other on-campus venues in the hopes that kids will drink less of them.

A just-published study, however, suggests it might take more than school restrictions to curb kids’ overall consumption of soda, sports drinks and fruit beverages. The research, which appears online in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, surveyed …